Bantwal police arrest two men for illegal sale of narcotics, seize two vehicles, 810 gm ganja
Mangaluru: Bantwal Rural Police have arrested two men who were allegedly attempting to sell narcotics illegally near the National Highway 75 stretch in Hanumanagar of Thumbay in Bantwal taluk on Saturday evening.
The police team, led by Bantwal Rural Sub-inspector Manjunath T, held the operation on being informed that the arrested men, identified as Sameer (31) of Thumbay and Muhammad Asif (35) of Goodinabali, were trying to sell narcotics illegally at the said place. When they reached the place, they are learned to have found two men standing in a suspicious manner beside a car and an auto rickshaw parked on an empty plot near the highway. The policemen caught and questioned the men, who confessed that they had been trying to sell ganja.
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The team, on checking the car, reportedly found 450 gram of the narcotic along with 360 gram in the auto rickshaw. The narcotic and the two vehicles have been seized by the police.
A case has been registered against Sameer and Asif at the Bantwal Rural Police Station, the Department has said in a press statement.
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Hardcore criminal arrested with sharp-edged weapon in Jammu
Jammu (PTI): Police on Thursday arrested a hardcore criminal in the RS Pura area of Jammu district and recovered a sharp-edged weapon from his possession, officials said.
Acting on inputs, a police team arrested Davinder Kumar alias Rahul, a resident of Chak Mohd Yar in Jammu, they said.
On seeing the police, the accused attempted to flee, but the officers overpowered him, they added.
The police recovered a sharp-edged weapon (‘toka’) from his possession.
The accused has more than 13 FIRs registered against him at various police stations across Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, police said.
Police have booked Kumar under the Arms Act, and further probe is underway, they said.
